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Famous Passé Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Passé poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous passé poems. These examples illustrate what a famous passé poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Vienne la nuit sonne l'heure
Les jours s'en vont je demeure

Passent les jours et passent les semaines
Ni temps passé
Ni les amours reviennent
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine...Read more of this...
by Apollinaire, Guillaume



...La nuit
qui a suicidé
les moments infinis
que je voudrais vivre,
a passé
sans que j’allume
la bougie
que je voudrais
qu’elle chauffe
les «non» et les «zéro»....Read more of this...
by Kraniotis, Dimitris P
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 ("Oui, le bonheur bien vite a passé.") 
 
 {Bk. V. ii., February, 1821.} 


 Yes, Happiness hath left me soon behind! 
 Alas! we all pursue its steps! and when 
 We've sunk to rest within its arms entwined, 
 Like the Phoenician virgin, wake, and find 
 Ourselves alone again. 
 
 Then, through the distant future's boundless space, 
 We seek the lost companion of our days:...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

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